Železník (Hungarian: Vaspataka) is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 180 metres and covers an area of 5.97 square kilometres (2.31 square miles).

When it was under Hungarian rule it was called Vashegy, which literally means “Iron Hill”, and the mineral vashegyite is named after this village.

[1][2][3] In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1382.

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